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I released kamal-backup 1.0 today. Not because the backup command works. That part worked months ago. I called it 1.0 because I used it to move Chat with Work, the application that pays my bills, to a new Hetzner instance. The old host...
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It is a testament to how much things have changed in competitive NES Tetris – a game released the same month the Berlin Wall fell – that this 1hr documentary by Summoning Salt that talks about the 2018 Tetris Championship covers the...
WEDGE ANTILLES STAR WARS RETRO COLLECTION (HASBRO) Hey! Hey! Did you guys know that Wedge Antilles is my favorite Star Wars character? Even though he’s minor? And that it’s not the expanded universe stuff that I like, it’s literally just...
I finished reading 'The Dead Zone' by Stephen King yesterday, it's the first King book I've read (I know, shocking given how much I read, they never appealed to me before). But about half way through, I found that I couldn't put it down,...
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Delilah Brumer is a staff writer at the San Francisco Chronicle. This article appeared August 24, 2026 Palo Alto parent Tilli Bannett is a venture capitalist who invests in tech companies, but at a recent school board meeting, she...
Boxfishes are little boxes of armor. Their only moving parts are eyes, mouth, and fins! Females are a dark brown covered with white spots. Males are a beautiful blue with white spots only on the back, and some gold highlights. And,...
Near the palm-strewn beaches of Komodo Island, a sea turtle hatches. She is tiny and vulnerable, but must make her way to the ocean via a series of obstacles – the obstacles mostly being other animals that want to eat her. Whether it’s...
Since toot.community is shutting down in the next couple of months, I have moved my presence over the Mastodon network asking hospitality to my friends over the masto.cazzo.lol instance, a privately managed one. So from today 27 august...
KOSU: Mazzei claims GOP nomination for Oklahoma governor, voters consider state questions and more Of course Oklahoman Republicans voted for the Trump nominee. Of course Oklahomans voted to put voting requirements in the constitution...
In June/July we heard that the Orange Pi 6 was on the way, and units have been making their way around the world to reviewers, developers, and enthusiasts alike. I’m not sure which category I fall into these days (definitely not a...
In Konami’s 3D run-and-gun Gungage, a portal has opened to the Dark World, unleashing its denizens onto the Earth – giant insects, large mutants, evil robots, even a few mythical creatures. It’s up to four heroes, each with different...
If Curiosity Killed the Cat ( so we’re told, by who, I have no idea) then curiosity for me, as a child and adult alike, enriched my life and made it fuller and more interesting than it would have been otherwise. It’s bothered me for a...